The author of Graphic Design: a Concise History and the designer of countless editorial projects, Hollis says his design ‘has no particular style’ and that he makes no distinction between his recent work and that which dates back several decades.

Finmar. Design by Richard Hollis. 1962

As well as working on book design projects including John Berger’s Ways of Seeing in the early 1970s, Hollis also worked for the Whitechapel Gallery from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s and has developed long-term collaborations with artists including Bridget Riley and Steve McQueen.